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Capital Appreciation (JSE:CTA) Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow : 0.39 (As of Sep. 2023)


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What is Capital Appreciation Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow?

Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow assesses how much of a company’s cash flow from operations is being devoted to capital expenditure. It’s also useful to distinguish whether the company is capital intensive or not.

Capital Appreciation's Capital Expenditure for the six months ended in Sep. 2023 was R-37.91 Mil. Its Cash Flow from Operations for the six months ended in Sep. 2023 was R97.27 Mil.

Hence, Capital Appreciation's Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow for the six months ended in Sep. 2023 was 0.39.


Capital Appreciation Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow Historical Data

The historical data trend for Capital Appreciation's Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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Capital Appreciation Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow Chart

Capital Appreciation Annual Data
Trend Mar16 Mar17 Mar18 Mar19 Mar20 Mar21 Mar22 Mar23
Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow
Get a 7-Day Free Trial 0.17 0.27 0.24 0.31 1.12

Capital Appreciation Semi-Annual Data
Mar16 Sep16 Mar17 Sep17 Mar18 Sep18 Mar19 Sep19 Mar20 Sep20 Mar21 Sep21 Mar22 Sep22 Mar23 Sep23
Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only - 0.10 0.50 3.09 0.39

Competitive Comparison of Capital Appreciation's Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow

For the Information Technology Services subindustry, Capital Appreciation's Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow, along with its competitors' market caps and Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


Capital Appreciation's Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow Distribution in the Software Industry

For the Software industry and Technology sector, Capital Appreciation's Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Capital Appreciation's Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow falls into.



Capital Appreciation Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow Calculation

Capital Appreciation's Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow for the fiscal year that ended in Mar. 2023 is calculated as

Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow=- Capital Expenditure / Cash Flow from Operations
=- (-56.725) / 50.558
=1.12

Capital Appreciation's Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2023 is calculated as

Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow=- Capital Expenditure / Cash Flow from Operations
=- (-37.914) / 97.27
=0.39

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.


Capital Appreciation  (JSE:CTA) Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow Explanation

Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow ratio assesses how much of a company’s Cash Flow from Operations is being devoted to Capital Expenditure. It is a good indicator in terms of how much the company is focused on growth. In general, a high Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow ratio indicates that the company is investing more in physical assets and is focused on growth and expansion. Conversely, lower ratio could indicate that a company has reached maturity and is no longer pursuing aggressive growth.

Moreover, the ratio is also useful to distinguish whether the company is capital intensive or not. If the ratio is large, then the company tends to be capital intensive. Lower ratio suggests that it’s a capital-light business. The ratio can be combined with ROIC % to identify whether the company is an asset-light business that has a high return on invested capital. This is one question investors commonly ask to see if a company qualifies as a good company.


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Capital Appreciation (JSE:CTA) Business Description

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44 Saturn Crescent, Unit 2, Linbro Business Park, Sandton, Johannesburg, GT, ZAF, 2090
Capital Appreciation Ltd is a South Africa based company that owns, manages, invests in, and promotes established and developing financial technology enterprises, their platforms, solutions, products, and applications. The company operates in Fintech and Financial service sector. The company operates in three segments that include Payments and Payment Infrastructure Services and Software and Services, and an International Divison. The majority of the revenue is generated from the payments division. All of its revenue is generated from South Africa.

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